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Jeff In Milwaukee

(13,992 posts) Fri Mar 14, 2014, 09:22 AM Mar 2014

So what's with Huffington Post

Aside from the sub-par content...

Trying to access the site from two different computers on two different servers, and it takes FOREVER for a page to load. And today I see a post on Facebook from a friend (halfway across the country) who's having the same issue.

Weird, isolated incidents?

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So what's with Huffington Post (Original Post) Jeff In Milwaukee Mar 2014 OP

Had the same problem when I tried to follow a couple links to HuffPo recently. tanyev Mar 2014 #1

I'm wondering if it's the self-launching video they introduced a while back (nt) Jeff In Milwaukee Mar 2014 #2

Yesterday it was youtube jakeXT Mar 2014 #3

Could be a server problem, could not access BBC website yesterday. edbermac Mar 2014 #4

they have a lot of ads that have to load nt steve2470 Mar 2014 #5

Rarely go there since the facebook requirement randr Mar 2014 #6

It doesn't like browsers that block ads and/or flash content. hunter Mar 2014 #7

What's with the #PS4share popups on DU? edbermac Mar 2014 #8

tanyev

(42,564 posts)

1. Had the same problem when I tried to follow a couple links to HuffPo recently.

Reply to Jeff In Milwaukee (Original post)

Fri Mar 14, 2014, 09:29 AM

Mar 2014

Made a mental note not to bother going there ever again.

Jeff In Milwaukee

(13,992 posts)

2. I'm wondering if it's the self-launching video they introduced a while back (nt)

Reply to tanyev (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 14, 2014, 09:38 AM

Mar 2014

jakeXT

(10,575 posts)

3. Yesterday it was youtube

Reply to Jeff In Milwaukee (Original post)

Fri Mar 14, 2014, 12:26 PM

Mar 2014

http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2014/3/12/youtube-outage-today2c-follows-yesterdays-twitter-outage.aspx

edbermac

(15,940 posts)

4. Could be a server problem, could not access BBC website yesterday.

Reply to Jeff In Milwaukee (Original post)

Fri Mar 14, 2014, 12:29 PM

Mar 2014

Running now.

steve2470

(37,457 posts)

5. they have a lot of ads that have to load nt

Reply to Jeff In Milwaukee (Original post)

Fri Mar 14, 2014, 01:28 PM

Mar 2014

randr

(12,412 posts)

6. Rarely go there since the facebook requirement

Reply to Jeff In Milwaukee (Original post)

Fri Mar 14, 2014, 03:16 PM

Mar 2014

and only to flag obvious right wing nuts. They are harder to find as the site has gone almost totally left since the switch. Getting harder and harder to spot a racist anti Obama teagagger. Comment numbers way down as well.

hunter

(38,317 posts)

7. It doesn't like browsers that block ads and/or flash content.

Reply to Jeff In Milwaukee (Original post)

Fri Mar 14, 2014, 06:57 PM

Mar 2014

Huffington Post has been unusable to me for at least a year on my protected browsers. Sometimes it will simply stall and time out.

It always seems to run fine on a promiscuous browser.

edbermac

(15,940 posts)

8. What's with the #PS4share popups on DU?

Reply to Jeff In Milwaukee (Original post)

Fri Mar 14, 2014, 06:59 PM

Mar 2014

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